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What is social media?
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Risks associated with social media
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How the threats work
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Social media spam
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Social media phishing
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Social media malware
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Using social media safely
Contents
5. Social media has arrived
Social networking sites are now more popular than web-based email
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Allows users to become a member of an online community
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Key features are “Profiles” and “Friend lists”
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The most commonly used social network is still Facebook
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2009 saw the rapid emergence of Twitter
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Also called social networking
Social media –key features
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Reveal sensitive information
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Defamation of others/school system
This can be inadvertent or deliberate
And the repercussions include:
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Reputation damage
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Fines
Users publishing information
10. Hobby/
showing off
Financially-motivated
organized crime
Social networking attacks
11. Social networking accounts
are valuable to hackers
They can use them to send spam,
spread malware, steal identities...
… in the quest to acquire personal
information for financial gain
Social networking attacks
12. Data =$$$
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Steal your money directly
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Sell your data
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Trick your friends and family intosupplying personal data
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Sell your identity
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Use your accounts to spread spam, malwareand more data theft scams!
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Sell your school’s data or sensitive information
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Blackmail individuals and organizations
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KNOW THE RULES -check your organization’s policy on social networking
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USE SECURE PASSWORDS -minimum 14 characters including non-letters
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CHECK THE DEFAULT SETTINGS -don’t providing personal information by default
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BE PICTURE PRUDENT -think before posting images that might cause embarrassment
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BEWARE OF BIG BROTHER -assume everyone can read your posts, including hackers!
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SECURE YOUR COMPUTERS -use up-to-date security software and firewalls
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THINK BEFORE YOU CLICK -if the email looks dodgy it probably is
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STRANGER DANGER -beware of unsolicited invitations from spammers
Top tips for staying secure
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Financially-motivated criminals are increasingly using social media sites to steal identities, spread malware and send spam
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Social networks are getting better at protecting users against these threats –but there’s a long way to go
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The onus is on YOUto use social media sites safely – follow the top tips for staying secure
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